Why do some people think that Cork is "the real capital"?

Johnny Utah

Discuss

TanG411

Because we are.

EDIT: I don't know, and don't care. I just wanted 1500 posts.

Turtyturd

Second city syndrome.

KeithM89_old

Caus if Ireland ever sinks, its the only place that'll float....
Ba-dum-tish!!

alwaysadub

They're deluded.

bonerm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Second city syndrome.

This.

I haven't checked but I'd wager Cork has/had a building taller than Dublin too. Common second-city characteristic.

FreudianSlippers

Nobody from outside Cork believes that AFAIK

mikemac

Who cares

Tipperary has two county councils decades before anyone else
Twice as important :cool:

Turtyturd

KeithM89 wrote: »

Caus if Ireland ever sinks, its the only place that'll float....
Ba-dum-tish!!

**** sinks in water...it's being kept afloat by the rest of the country : D

Partly because it's the principal city of the biggest county.

But mostly to annoy the shiite out of the Dubs, and very effective it is at that too.

rkeano5

Only Cork people think that and lets be honest they think rather highly of themselves down there.

Abelloid

'..because it is like'.




It is, yeah.

niaroh1x96

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Why do some people think that Cork is "the real capital"?

because it is :cool::D

Celly Smunt

because they are idiots

DOC09UNAM

Because dublin is a shíthole i'd imagine

scudzilla

The only people who think Cork is the Capital are the same people who point to the sky and stand open mouthed every time they see an Aeroplane

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Most people I know have never even set foot in Cork. And when I did finally see the place I just found it to be a smaller version of Dublin with a more annoying accent.

Mister men

Deleted User wrote: »

Partly because it's the principal city of the biggest county.

But mostly to annoy the shiite out of the Dubs, and very effective it is at that too.

That's the thing it does'nt annoy us at all. We just feel a bit sorry for them. Bless.

StereoLove

Because it's the biggest and best county in Ireland

orourkeda

It's those delusions of grandeur and feelings of inadequacy that haunt Cork people and f*ck their brain up to such an extent that they think Cork is a worthy capital city

orourkeda

scudzilla wrote: »

The only people who think Cork is the Capital are the same people who point to the sky and stand open mouthed every time they see an Aeroplane

I wonder what they'll think when fire and the wheel finally arrive there

Turtyturd

scudzilla wrote: »

The only people who think Cork is the Capital are the same people who point to the sky and stand open mouthed every time they see an Aeroplane

Reminds me of a woman from Cork sitting behind me on a bus in New York last summer who phoned home to tell her mother that cars over there drove on 'the wrong side o da road'.

tigger123

Been in Cork twice, once with work, once with for a friends birthday, both times were a massive disappointment, waaay too small to be considered a city.

artanevilla

feelingstressed wrote: »

Who cares

Tipperary has two county councils decades before anyone else
Twice as important :cool:

Dublin has four now.

biko

It might not be the real capital but it I think would be a better capital.

orourkeda

biko wrote: »

It might not be the real capital but it I think would be a better capital.

Do elaborate.

What does it have that Dublin hasn't?

twowheelsonly

bonerm wrote: »

This.

I haven't checked but I'd wager Cork has/had a building taller than Dublin too. Common second-city characteristic.

True.. the County Hall on the Straight road was for may years the tallest in Ireland. That Straight Road is just that - the longest straight road in Ireland. On the other side of the road from the County Hall (where the Kingsley Hotel now stands) used to be the site of the biggest outdoor swimming pool in Europe. Right across the river from that was the longest building in Ireland which is close to the end of Blarney Street, incidentally the longest street in Ireland.

Just saying like....seeing as you asked

scudzilla wrote: »

The only people who think Cork is the Capital are the same people who point to the sky and stand open mouthed every time they see an Aeroplane

We haven't done that since last year... you get kinda used to them when you see them every day, even when it's snowing

Mister men wrote: »

That's the thing it does'nt annoy us at all. We just feel a bit sorry for them. Bless.

...hence the thread....

Turtyturd wrote: »

Reminds me of a woman from Cork sitting behind me on a bus in New York last summer who phoned home to tell her mother that cars over there drove on 'the wrong side o da road'.

And wasn't she right - they do!!

H8GHOTI

OisinT wrote: »

Nobody from outside Cork believes that AFAIK

And I'd say most 'inside' don't believe it either tbh.
Actually, I think I've heard more Dubs say to me "Oh you're from the real capital" than I've ever heard anyone from Cork ever mention it.

orourkeda

H8GHOTI wrote: »

And I'd say most 'inside' don't believe it either tbh.
Actually, I think I've heard more Dubs say to me "Oh you're from the real capital" than I've ever heard anyone from Cork ever mention it.

Thats the linguistic version of a pre-emptive strike

galwayrush

Brussels is our real capital.. thank you FF...:mad:

pablomakaveli

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Discuss

Why because down here we have a thing called humour. Something thats obviously lacking in other parts of our fair isle hence the need to attack Cork anytime they hear it mentioned.